Label: Art into Life - AIL016

片山智、及川洋からなる日本の80年代地下音楽の主要グループの一つNord。互いがNordを名乗り個別の活動を始める以前の1981年、国内ピナコテカレコードよりリリースされた1st LPの初CD化版。今回の再発に際し、ほぼ同時期に記録されたものの未発表のままとなっていた、全4テイクからなる82年4月29日のスタジオライブと、一部ヴァニラレコーズのカセット[Live Materials]に収録された81年8月24日新宿ロフトのライブ完全版(18:49)をボーナスディスクで追加。片山氏、及川氏、完全二者のテイクのみを纏めた新編集/再発版。限定300部。





Nord, consisting of Satoshi Katayama and Hiroshi Oikawa, were one of the leading groups in the Japanese underground music scene of the 1980s. The group's two members now perform separately, both of them using the Nord moniker. This is the first CD reissue of their debut LP, originally released by Pinakotheca Records in 1981 when they were still performing as a duo. This reissue includes a disk of bonus material recorded around the same time as the LP. The bonus material includes four previously unreleased studio live takes recorded on April 29, 1982, and a complete version (18:49) of their live set at Shinjuku Loft on August 24, 1981 (part of the live set was previously issued on the "Live Materials" cassette on Vanilla Records). A rare glimpse of Katayama and Oikawa as a duo! Limited edition of 300.

All tracks newly remastered by Anders Peterson in 2016.

Disc 1 “Nord"
1. Labyrinthe 15:34
2. Entract 3:00
3. Caricature 9:02
4. Utopie 26:12

Disc 2 “Unreleased Material”
at "YAMAHA STUDIO YURIGAOKA” 29/4/82
1. 23:23
2. 6:58
3. 7:53
4. 5:52
at "SHINJUKU LOFT” 24/8/81
5. 18:49